Bob Dylan leaves his reclusive ways behind to pen a three-volume memoir. Dylan's 'Chronicles: Volume One' will be published by Simon & Schuster in October.

The 63-year-old singer-songwriter has written the first volume which is said to deal with significant aspects of his early life. It has been described by publisher David Rosenthal as being 'extraordinary, revealing and surprising.'

Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, rose to fame in the early 1960s with his distinctive folk rock style. Such songs as “Blowin in the Wind” made him an icon. His songs were also hits for bands like Peter, Paul and Mary and The Byrds. Dylan won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammies in 1991 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

An updated edition of 'Lyrics: 1962-2001,' a compendium of lyrics to nearly every Dylan song will also be released this fall. His only other previously published work was his previously published 'Tarantula,' a book of poems released in 1971.

Dylan, who still tours the world with his rock band, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammies in 1991 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen in 1988. Earlier this year, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of music by Scotland's oldest university, St Andrews.